REACH BY GULF NEWS

STORIES FOR BRAND THAT REACH HEARTS AND MINDS. EVERY DAY, IN EVERY WAY.

WHAT WE DO

REACH is the branded content team from Gulf News Media that combines an audience of over 4.2 million people with the best in editorial and multimedia talent.

Never has it been more important for brands, advertisers and publishers to collaborate on creative solutions. Audiences are researching products online to support their purchase decision and becoming more selective in what they view, sometimes ignoring advertising. The need for brands to engage and earn audience attention through trusted, original, informative and entertaining content has become critical.

We create front page visibility, features or editorial for your own channels, we work across print, email, web or social. Our strategists, creative technologists and content creators are focused on ROI for your brand.

Deep-subject matter expertise, bespoke solutions

We deliver original, creative content in individual articles or supplements online, social or in print. Covering topics from business to technology, sport, fashion, property, automotive, travel and more…

Reaching Big Numbers

153,865 Facebook fans for Friday – the most widely read magazine in the UAE. 1.8 million Facebook fans for Gulf News 100,000 print subscribers. 4.2 million people on gulfnews.com every month…

Rich Media Journalism

A powerhouse if creative editors, respected journalists, designers, technologists, infographic artists for mobile, tablet and desktop.

Video, audio, podcasts, live events

Broadcast quality, informative and entertaining film series and podcasts, produced by our in-house teams. Our events have a proven track record of raising awareness and delivering commercial benefit directly in-store.

Gulf News was first launched in tabloid format on 30 September 1978 by UAE businessman Abdul Wahab Galadari; its offices were located on the Airport Road, Dubai. In November 1984, three UAE businessmen, purchased the company and formed Al Nisr Publishing. The new owners of the paper were Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. With the death of Abdullah Al Rostamani in 2006, his position on the board is held by a family nominee while the other directors remain.

Under new ownership, Gulf News was relaunched on 10 December 1985 and was free to the public. From February 1986, the public was charged one dirham (US 27 cents) a copy for the Gulf News package which comprised the broadsheet newspaper and a leisure supplement called Tabloid, which also contained classifieds.

After moving into new premises in 1986, Gulf News began to be distributed to other GCC countries: Bahrain from September 1987; Oman from April 1989; Saudi Arabia from March 1989; and Qatar from April 1989. It also became available in Pakistan from August 1988. In order to provide better local coverage for its readers, Gulf News opened various bureaus: the Abu Dhabi bureau was opened in 1982; Bahrain bureau in January 1988; Oman bureau in 1989; Manila bureau in August 1990; Al Ain bureau in 1994; Sharjah bureau in May 1995; and the New Delhi bureau in November 1995.

In November 1995 the width of the paper’s broadsheet pages was reduced by four centimetres, to create the new international size of 38 centimetres. Al Nisr Publishing became a limited liability company (LLC) with a share capital of Dh15 million on 26 May 1997.

The first online edition of Gulf News was launched on 1 September 1996. The daily launched video news in its online edition in the second part of the 2000s, being among the first in the region.

As of 2008 Abdul Hamid Ahmad was the editor-in-chief of the paper. Regular op-ed contributors to Gulf News include: Uri Avnery, Kuldip Nayar, Faisal Alkasim, Joseph A. Kechichian, Sami Moubayed, Marwan Al Kabalan, Rakesh Mani, Linda S. Heard, Stuart Reigeluth and Wael Al Sayegh. Gulf News moved to its present headquarters on Sheikh Zayed Road in April 2000.

Gulf News changed its format to Berliner on 1 June 2012, being the first Berliner-format daily published in the Arab countries.